so 'mada mada' means "still" (in reference to time)?
i never 'knew' the defenition of 'dame', but thought it meant something like no good from hearing it used. thanks 4 confirming it
could i replace nihongo and put another word in to say im still not good at something? ex: hashiru ga mada mada dame desu.

Last edited by Ken-san on Wed 08.15.2007 11:34 am, edited 1 time in total.

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hashiru? it means "to run" so its a verb, u cant make that verb a subject with "ga" because the subject is ("I") .. it should be わたし わ まだ だめ はして います"watashi wa mada dame hashite imasu" - (I) am still no good running

ps. sorry for the double post

Last edited by Ireth-chan on Wed 08.15.2007 12:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Ken-san wrote:could i replace nihongo and put another word in to say im still not good at something?

Yes.ryouri ga mada mada dame desu - I'm not yet good at cooking

ex: hashiru ga mada mada dame desu.

But not like this. Hashiru is a verb and so can't go directly before ga as a sentence subject. You would need to transform it into a noun somehow (for example, hashirikata 'style/way of running' - so 'hashirikata ga mada mada dame desu' might be something a newbie to the track team would say.)